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Amazon’s secret campaign to discourage customers from buying books by Hachette, one of the big New York publishers, burst into the open on Friday.

The uneasy relationship between the retailer and the writing community, which needs Amazon but fears its power, immediately soured as authors took to Twitter to denounce what they saw as bullying.

Among Amazon’s tactics against Hachette, some of which it has been employing for months, are charging more for its books and suggesting that readers might enjoy instead a book from another author. If customers for some reason persist and buy a Hachette book anyway, Amazon is saying it will take weeks to deliver it.

The scorched-earth tactics arose out of failed contract negotiations. Amazon was seeking better terms, Hachette was balking, so Amazon began cutting it off. Writers from Malcolm Gladwell to J. D. Salinger are affected, although some Hachette authors were unscathed.
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Amazon’s secret campaign to discourage customers from buying books by Hachette, one of the big New York publishers, burst into the open on Friday.

The uneasy relationship between the retailer and the writing community, which needs Amazon but fears its power, immediately soured as authors took to Twitter to denounce what they saw as bullying.

Among Amazon’s tactics against Hachette, some of which it has been employing for months, are charging more for its books and suggesting that readers might enjoy instead a book from another author. If customers for some reason persist and buy a Hachette book anyway, Amazon is saying it will take weeks to deliver it.

The scorched-earth tactics arose out of failed contract negotiations. Amazon was seeking better terms, Hachette was balking, so Amazon began cutting it off. Writers from Malcolm Gladwell to J. D. Salinger are affected, although some Hachette authors were unscathed.

They've certainly been willing to cover other news coming out of Amazon over the last couple of weeks:

May 1:

Amazon has tweaked its same-day delivery service, bringing it to two more cities, cutting one and changing the deadline to qualify for the service in some metro areas.

Amazon updated its Web site to reflect the changes, adding Dallas, Los Angeles and San Francisco to the group, bringing the total number of cities to 12. Las Vegas, where the service was introduced in 2009, was removed from the list. A comment from Amazon is pending.

It may not be the definitive signal that wearable tech has finally arrived, but Amazon.com's announcement that it has added a separate section on its Web site just for wearable technology does show the category is gaining visibility.

The Amazon section is designed to educate as well as move merchandise, according to a release announcing the new online department. “We’re thrilled to bring our customers a store with the largest selection and great prices that helps eliminate the guesswork when deciding which wearable devices best fit their needs — whether that is tracking activity, staying connected through smart watches or capturing their next adventure with wearable cameras," said John Nemeth, Amazon's director of wireless and mobile electronics. (Amazon.com chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos is the owner of The Washington Post.)

Wearable technology has become a prime focus for many major tech companies, from Google to Microsoft and (at least in rumor) Apple. In fact, Mashable reported on Tuesday that Apple was recently awarded a new patent for a head-mounted display that appears to resemble the virtual Rift goggles made by Oculus, the firm Facebook recently bought for $2 billion.

Amazon.com and HBO announced Wednesday that they've locked up a deal to put some of the premium cable channel's most iconic shows on Amazon's Prime Video service. The shows will start appearing on the service from May 21, the companies said in a release.

Before you get too excited, you should know HBO isn't giving away its whole catalog: It’s up to HBO to decide which shows will be available on Prime, and shows will only become part of the Prime trove three years after their initial airing.

So "Game of Thrones" fans, for example, won't have access to those early days when their favorite characters were single and alive as part of the deal announced Wednesday.